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PLAN 06 · HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTFORDSHIRE

Laid from above.

Block paving, patios and paths, set course by course. Scroll, and watch a driveway go down.

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01 / HERRINGBONE 45°

Locked at every angle.

The strongest bond for a driveway. Each block grips its neighbours, so tyres can turn on it without the surface creeping.

Block
200 × 100 × 80 mm
Bed
50 mm sharp sand
Base
150 mm MOT Type 1
02 / BASKETWEAVE

The patio, in pairs.

Blocks set in squares, alternating direction. A calmer pattern than herringbone, and kind to a seating area.

Laid
In 2 × 2 pairs
Falls
1:80 away from the house
03 / STRETCHER BOND

A path that runs true.

Long runs, each course shifted half a block. It leads the eye to the door and cuts cleanly to a straight edge.

Width
900 mm, three blocks
Edge
Haunched, no spread
04 / KERB AND EDGE

The edge holds it all.

A granite-effect kerb on a concrete haunch. This is what stops the blocks spreading, years after the van has gone.

05 / CHOOSE YOUR BLEND

Re-pave it.

Pick a blend and the plan re-lays itself. Or keep scrolling and it will show you all six.

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Drone view of a bare compacted sub-base marked out with timber and string lines The same plot, fully paved in herringbone with a granite kerb

One plot. Four days.

Every job starts as compacted stone and string lines. This is the part that decides whether it lasts.

Day 1 · sub-baseDay 4 · finished
Three bonds

Pick the pattern for the place.

Each bond behaves differently under load, looks different from the bedroom window and costs a different amount of cutting. We will tell you which to use where.

Herringbone

Driveways and anywhere a vehicle turns. Most interlock, most cutting.

Basketweave

Patios and courtyards. Square, quiet, easy to extend later.

Stretcher bond

Paths and borders. Fast to lay, best on a straight run.

Specification

What goes under the plan.

The blocks are the visible 5 per cent. Here is the rest.

ExcavationTo 250 mm below finished level, membrane on soft ground
Sub-base150 mm MOT Type 1, compacted in two layers
Laying course50 mm washed sharp sand, screeded
Blocks80 mm concrete, 200 × 100 mm, vehicle rated
DrainageFalls to a soakaway or planted border, never the road
JointingKiln-dried sand, brushed in twice
Close-up of herringbone block paving in charcoal, brick and sand tones
Brindle blend, 80 mm
Process

Five stages, one team.

The same crew survey, dig, lay and hand over. Nobody is subcontracted halfway through.

  1. 01

    Survey

    Levels, falls and a scaled plan, drawn the same day.

  2. 02

    Dig

    Out to depth, edges pegged and string-lined.

  3. 03

    Base

    Type 1 compacted in layers. No shortcuts here.

  4. 04

    Lay

    Pattern set from the house outward, cut to the kerb.

  5. 05

    Sand

    Joints brushed, plant compacted, site swept.

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01632 960612
Hemel Hempstead and about 20 miles around